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Category: Civil War Games – AARs

  • FoF: JonReb(CSA) v ShootMe(USA): Glory of the South!

    Note: Due to space constraints, I plan to include the first posts of various AARs from the Matrix Games forums and then provide a link to the rest of the story. JonReb writes: ———- Hey all. This is a progressive AAR of a PBEM between ShootMe and I. I’m playing the CSA and well since we’ve promised not to peak at each others AARs I’ll try to share my decisions and as many screenshots as possible.

  • FoF: Bound for Glory: TimoN(CSA) vs. nmleague(Union)

    Note: Due to space constraints, I plan to include the first posts of various AARs from the Matric Games forums and then provide a link to the rest of the story. TimoN writes: ———- This is an AAR of standard November 1861 campaign between me and nmleague. I will be playing the CSA side, which undoubtedly will be victorious.

  • FoF: Hard Sarge’s “Oh My AAR”

    Note: Due to space constraints, I plan to include the first posts of various AARs from the Matric Games forums and then provide a link to the rest of the story. Hard Sarge was the first poster to allow me to post his AAR on the site, so his “Oh My AAR” will be the first AAR listed here. Hard Sarge writes: ———- Well, now this is something I am not used to first turn, I did well, but lost the last battle in a close run fight, but the Army of Kentucky was able to drive back my small Div, but I held Wheeling

  • Take Command: Second Manassas AAR: “Boots and Saddles”: Sigel’s I Corps AoV on August 29, 1862

    Guys, I promised quite a while ago to clean up and post some of the AARs (After Action Reports) I wrote while playtesting TC2M. I’ll be posting these in the MMG Forums, in the Paradox Forums, and on my American Civil War Gaming & Reading Blog. The AAR below covers Sigel’s I Corps, Army of […]

  • After Action Report: CWBR: Jackson’s Brigade at First Bull Run, Part 2

    After Action Report The Battle of Bull Run: Take Command 1861 1st Manassas – Jackson’s Brigade Played:15Dec2005 3:26 P.M. Game Start: Noon, July 21, 1861 Difficulty Level: Normal When we left off last time, Jackson’s Brigade had driven off a lone, impetuous attack by the 11th Massachusetts. However, troops under Colonel William B. Franklin have […]

  • After Action Report: CWBR: Jackson’s Brigade at First Bull Run, Part 1

    NOTE: Let me start this post off by explaining what an After Action Report (AAR) is to those of you who aren’t in the know. An AAR is simply a retelling of what happened in a given battle (or in wargaming terms the last scenario you played). I hope to make AARs a regular feature […]